Wall Street Plaza (different from The Plaza where the Downtown Pour is taking place) will have the pool set up once again for its monthly “Summer Splash” event. Rain cut this short last month, but while it lasted it looked like every one had a pretty good time. The outdoor pool party will feature live music by Awestruck, James Boyd Band and Megaphone and will be hosted by MC Johnny Shine.

]]>http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/lastcall/2010/05/sip-on-these-weekend-suggestions-in-orlando.html/feed0The Underground Orlando closes and Pipers Bar & Grille opens a second location in its placehttp://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/lastcall/2009/10/the-underground-orlando-closes-and-pipers-bar-grille-opens-a-second-location-in-its-place.html
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/lastcall/2009/10/the-underground-orlando-closes-and-pipers-bar-grille-opens-a-second-location-in-its-place.html#commentsTue, 06 Oct 2009 23:02:23 +0000Kelly Fitzpatrickhttp://orlandosentinel3.com/lastcall/?p=108If you’ve been to The Plaza in downtown Orlando, you may have noticed The Underground Orlando is no longer.

I’m not quite sure it really ever begun to be honest. Both times I had stopped by, the bar never seemed complete and it appeared there was confusion among managment on what exactly it was supposed to be? Some said ultra lounge, others said sports bar — two totally different concepts. In the back of the bar it still functioned like the NYPD Pizzeria it was beforehand. I guess patrons stopped trying to guess too and went elsewhere because last week I received news from one of the former managers that the bar had been sold.

Who is brave enough to finally try to make that space work after two failed attempts?

The Scottish.

More specifically the owners of Pipers Bar & Grillat 4544 Curry Ford Road, and supposedly only one of the owners is from Scotland. I talked to one of the American owners, Travis Lewis, who says the second location in downtown Orlando — which will be called Pipers Downtown — “kinda fell in our laps.”

He said the space was move-in ready and the price was ideal so they jumped on it. But stresses the bar isn’t near complete. They want to transform it into a Scottish sports pub and are still in the process of doing so, the grand opening shouldn’t take place for another month.

But he says doors are open from 11 a.m. – 2 a.m. daily offering the same menu items as the Curry Ford location and an extensive pizza menu that he says is “similar but better” than the former NYPD.